Duke of York spent £236,000 on trade trips

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Prince Andrew shares a joke with residents of a home for trafficked and orphaned girls outside Calcutta, India, last MayPIYAL ADHIKARY/EPA

Valentine Low

Last updated at 2:50PM, July 2 2012

The Duke of York spent more than £236,000 travelling abroad on behalf of the
Government after he stepped down as a trade envoy, Buckingham Palace
accounts revealed yesterday.

Even though he resigned as the UK’s special representative for trade in July
last year following criticism of his association with Jeffrey Epstein, the
financier and convicted sex offender, the Duke continued to fly round the
world on behalf of UKTI until as late as March this year.

The figure was part of the annual accounts which showed that the Queen spent
£32.3 million on her official duties last year, £200,000 up